Wigfall, Louis T.

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Louis Trezevant Wigfall:​

Born: April 21, 1816
Birthplace: Edgefield South Carolina

Father: Levi Durant Wigfall 1777 – 1817
(Buried: Wigfall Family Cemetery Edgefield South Carolina)
Mother: Eliza Thomson
Wife: Charlotte Maria Cross 1819 – 1893
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery Woodlawn Maryland)
Children:
Frances Halsey Wigfall 1844 – 1897
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery Woodlawn Maryland)
Louise Sophie Wigfall Wright 1846 – 1915
(Buried: Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Owings Mills Maryland)
Mary Frances "Fannie" Wigfall Taylor 1852 – 1924
(Buried: Lorraine Park Cemetery Woodlawn Maryland)

Education:
Attended University of Virginia
1837: Graduated from South Carolina College

Occupation before War:
Served in the Third Seminole War rising to the rank of Lt.
Attorney in Edgefield South Carolina
Participated in Duels over Political Issues
Aide and Lt. Colonel on Staff of Governor of South Carolina
1844: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
Attorney in Nacogdoches Texas
1849 – 1850: Texas State Representative

1857 – 1860: Texas State Senator
Staunch Political Opponent of General Sam Houston
1859 – 1861: United States Senator from Texas

Civil War Career:
Advocated an attack on Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens
1861: Aide to General P. G. T. Beauregard
1861: Colonel of 1st​ Texas Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Brigadier General of Confederate States Army Infantry
1862: Resigned as Brigadier General on February of 1862
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Texas
Close Friend of General Joseph E. Johnston
Challenged President Davis on Military Related Policies

Occupation after War:
1866 – 1872: Lived in London England
Owner of a Mine in Clear Creek Colorado



Died: February 18, 1874
Place of Death: Galveston Texas
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Burial Place: Trinity Episcopal Cemetery Galveston Texas
Grave Location: Near Center – South Side – 40 feet from fence